Are eBooks Changing How We Read and Write?

NPR ran a story on eBooks on its Website today. It’s the usual think-piece on what eBooks mean to the big picture in response to the holiday eBook buzz. No new news, but some smart thoughts from three prominent literary types.

Tech theorist Nicholas Carr says “Over the last couple of years, I’ve really noticed if I sit down with a book, after a few paragraphs, I’ll say, ‘You know, where’s the links? Where’s the e-mail? Where’s all the stuff going on?'” This is alarming, and perhaps not the general experience of eReading, though Carr is something of an alarmist.

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